5‐HYDROXYTRYPTOPHYL PEPTIDES: POTENT INHIBITORS OF A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF SEROTONIN 1
5‐HYDROXYTRYPTOPHYL PEPTIDES: POTENT INHIBITORS OF A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF SEROTONIN 1
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5-羟基色氨酸肽:血清素 1 储存室的有效抑制剂
DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-4159.1979.tb00389.x
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
M. Wilchek
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作者:
H. Tamir;M. Wilchek
Several analogues of 5‐hydroxytryptophan were tested for their ability to inhibit the binding of serotonin to serotonin‐binding protein (SBP), a protein found within serotonergic neurons which has a high affinity for serotonin. An N‐substituted dipeptide, N‐acetyl‐5‐hydroxytryptophan‐5‐hydroxytryptophan amide, was found to be an inhibitor of this binding. The inhibition (50% at 1.0 μM) was specific, since it did not affect other known sites of serotonin binding. The binding of serotonin to its membrane receptor was not affected by the dipeptide (up to 10 μM). Uptake of serotonin by synaptosomes was only slightly affected (9% at 10 μM), and aromatic‐L‐amino‐acid carboxy‐lyase(EC 4.1.1.28) and amine: oxygen oxidoreductase (deaminating) (flavin‐containing) (EC 1.4.3.4) were not inhibited (10 μM and 5 mM respectively), The peptide was not hydrolyzed by honiogenates of brain or myenteric plexus. The 14C‐labelled dipeptide was shown to be taken up by synaptosomes. However, the uptake of the peptide was not affected either by drugs that inhibit serotonin uptake or by serotonin itself although the uptake was abolished by excess 5‐hydroxytryptophan. Intraventricular injection of N‐acetyl dipeptide caused a biphasic effect depending on dose. Lower doses (10nmol) induced a decrease in serotonin brain levels (40%). Higher doses (300 nmol) caused a 95% increase in serotonin levels.